SC House explores impeachment of solicitor over handling of high-profile murder cases

Fifth Circuit Solicitor Byron Gipson attends a Statehouse hearing Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026, on impeachment efforts against him, proposed by members of the hardline House Freedom Caucus. (Photo by Jessica Holdman/SC Daily Gazette)

COLUMBIA — A hardline faction of the state House’s GOP supermajority wants to impeach the Democratic chief prosecutor for two Midlands counties. It’s unclear whether legislators even have that authority.

So, a House Judiciary panel voted Tuesday to find out…

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